Patents by Inventor Cari Lyn Heffner

Cari Lyn Heffner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10614587
    Abstract: Vision system for measurement of a pitch of graduated marks on a syringe. The vision system may utilize a frequency domain representation of image data to measure the pitch. Furthermore, data processing techniques such as interpolation, windowing, and/or calibration may be utilized in connection with the measurement. In turn, the pitch of the graduated marks may be used in connection with automated filing of the syringe such that the syringe is filled based on and according to the graduated marks on the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOOD
    Inventors: Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy, Cari Lyn Heffner, James Robert Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20190015588
    Abstract: A medical tube set is provided, including a length of tubing having a first end, and an opposite second end, the first end connected to a spike. An outlet valve is connected to the second end and forms a connector configured for affixing the second end to a medication delivery device, the connector having a connector body having an inlet end and an opposite delivery end. A tip cover is slidably engaged on the delivery end and is movable between an extended position in which the cover obscures the delivery end, and a retracted position in which the delivery end is exposed for delivery of fluid from the tubing in a medical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOOD
    Inventors: Brian William WARD, Cari Lyn HEFFNER, Megan Marie KLECKNER
  • Publication number: 20190019306
    Abstract: Vision system for measurement of a pitch of graduated marks on a syringe. The vision system may utilize a frequency domain representation of image data to measure the pitch. Furthermore, data processing techniques such as interpolation, windowing, and/or calibration may be utilized in connection with the measurement. In turn, the pitch of the graduated marks may be used in connection with automated filing of the syringe such that the syringe is filled based on and according to the graduated marks on the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yuriy Konstantinovich UMANSKIY, Cari Lyn HEFFNER, James Robert HUTCHISON
  • Patent number: 9845168
    Abstract: A source fluid inlet for an automated filling device. The source fluid inlet may comprise features that limit engagement and/or disengagement of a source fluid tubing set from a port in the source fluid inlet except when the port is disposed in a predetermined load position. In turn, engagement and/or disengagement of the source fluid tubing may be selectively allowed to assist in reduction of interconnection errors of one or more source fluid sources. The source fluid inlet may selectively position a source fluid tubing set in a fill position to facilitate fluid communication with a receptacle to be filled (e.g., a syringe). The source fluid inlet further comprises one or more mechanisms for engagement and/or retention of a cap disposed on a syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Baxter Corporation Englewood
    Inventors: Brian William Ward, Cari Lyn Heffner, David Lee Holien, Roy Sven Hovland, James Robert Hutchison, Richard Wayne LeVaughn, Michael Dickson Olichney, Tammy Stultz, Jeffery Jonathan Rau, Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy
  • Publication number: 20170190448
    Abstract: A source fluid inlet for an automated filling device. The source fluid inlet may comprise features that limit engagement and/or disengagement of a source fluid tubing set from a port in the source fluid inlet except when the port is disposed in a predetermined load position. In turn, engagement and/or disengagement of the source fluid tubing may be selectively allowed to assist in reduction of interconnection errors of one or more source fluid sources. The source fluid inlet may selectively position a source fluid tubing set in a fill position to facilitate fluid communication with a receptacle to be filled (e.g., a syringe). The source fluid inlet further comprises one or more mechanisms for engagement and/or retention of a cap disposed on a syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Brian William Ward, Cari Lyn Heffner, David Lee Holien, Roy Sven Hovland, James Robert Hutchison, Richard Wayne LeVaughn, Michael Dickson Olichney, Tammy Stultz, Jeffery Jonathan Rau, Yuriy Konstantinovich Umanskiy